£130,000 reasons to celebrate

Earlier this year the Appeal set up in Jane's name announced it
had raised an amazing £7.6million.

To celebrate this milestone, the Appeal set aside £100,000 for
charities across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire to apply
for a share of. But the Appeal was so overwhelmed by deserving
applications that trustees eventually awarded just under
£130,000.

Siobhan Curtis, Legacy Manager at the Jane Tomlinson Appeal
said: "The response from charities when we launched the giveaway
was just overwhelming.

"We received hundreds of applications and our Trustees had a lot
of difficult decisions to make given we had received so many
rewarding applications. Eventually it was decided to increase the
funds available to try to support as many good causes as we
could."

Charities across Yorkshire, Lancashire and Lincolnshire - the
regions where the Appeal's sister organisation Run For All stages
its charity runs - were invited to apply for grants ranging from a
couple of hundred pounds up to £15,000.

Those receiving awards across Yorkshire, Lancashire and
Lincolnshire were:

Breast Friends York-£1540

The Lord Tavener's- £4350

Friends of York Hospitals-£2,945.73

Calderdale Help in Bereavement Services-£4755

Haworth Riding for the Disabled Group - £7898

Sick Children's Trust-£9,267

Growing Works-£5,120

Hamara-Give A Gift Project- £12,410

Star Bereavement- £13,152

Cavendish Cancer Care-£15,000

Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust- £12,704

Masonic Trout and Salmon Fishing Charity-£500

North & West Yorkshire Association for Spina Bifida and
Hydrocephalus-£500

CTI 2000-£500

Carer's Wakefield-£500

Bradford Disability Services-£500

Skipton Extended Learning For All-£500

Carer's Resources-£500

Blind Children UK-£500

Beamsley Project-£500

MPGN/DDD Support Group-£500

LS29 Special Needs Support Group-£500

Encephalitis Society-£500

Home Start-£5,000

Ilkley & District Good Neighbours-£500

Panathlon Foundation- £867.50

Twinkle House £3664.40

Legacy Rainbow Charity- £5,000

Child Action Northwest- £7098

KIDS Strut - £4,500

Lincoln and Lindsey Blind Society - £1,500

Foxdale Equine Assisted Learning Community Interest Company -
£1,500

Jubilee Christian Fellowship- £1,500

Anne Wells, Carers
Resource who received £500 toward a residential trip for young
carers said: "We are so grateful to you and the Jane Tomlinson
Appeal trustees for including us in the successful charities -
the trip will really make difference and will give them memories to
keep forever."

Jill Boardman, Chief Executive of Twinkle House, said:
"This is fantastic news as our current bed has given up today, we
are ecstatic about this, thank you so much and to the Trustees of
Jane's Appeal, this is wonderful."

Zoe Bounds from York
Breast Friends were granted £1,540 said: "We are so grateful
for the funds that the Jane Tomlinson Appeal has awarded us. This
means that we have secured funding with which to host lingerie
evening twice yearly for York ladies who have had surgery following
a breast cancer diagnosis. We can now meet the needs of these
ladies by providing a range of quality post-surgery bras and other
lingerie as with an expert fitting service."

Chris Farrell, Cavendish Cancer
Care, of Sheffield said: "Everyone at Cavendish Cancer Care was
over the moon to hear of the support from the Jane Tomlinson Appeal
last month. Thanks to the Big Charity Giveaway we will be able to
support over 40 more local children come to terms with how cancer
has affected their family."

Tracy Wilson, of the Foxdale Equine Assisted Learning Community
Interest , in Oasby, said of its £1,500 grant: "We will be
using the money to fund some family sessions for families who have
a new diagnosis of cancer in the family. Over the summer we are
planning a summer picnic for families who are living with a child
with long term palliative conditions.

"We will also use the grant to provide support sessions for
bereaved children."

Deborah Rack, of The
Encephalitis Society, based in Malton, said:"The Encephalitis
Society is delighted to have been one of the recipients of a grant
from The Jane Tomlinson Appeal. Thank you. The grant of £500 will
help families and children affected by encephalitis to have a
weekend away where they meet others affected; have the opportunity
to try new activities and build their confidence in a supported
environment. Our Family Weekend is an important part of the support
we provide and we are delighted that the Jane Tomlinson Appeal is
recognising this with their grant."

Hanif Malik, the CEO of Hamara
Healthy Living, based in Beeston, Leeds, said: "The grant of
£12,410 we have received from the Appeal is fantastic and will help
us continue to grow our community support in Beeston and across the
City. We hope this is the start of a continued partnership with the
Jane Tomlinson Appeal."

The Sick Children's
Trust's received £9,267 towards its Treetop House at Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals. House Manager, Ann Wyatt, said: "Children with
brittle bone disease face two days of treatment at Sheffield
Children's Hospital every three months. These families travel from
across Yorkshire and beyond to access the hospital's specialist
care and our role is to make their experience as comfortable as
possible.

"Thanks to the Jane Tomlinson Appeal grant, we are able to
provide a dedicated bedroom to support these families, where a
child can stay with their parents while they are receiving
treatment. After a day on the ward, they are able to come back to a
warm, homely environment where they can enjoy a family dinner or
just relax in the lounge. A good night's sleep in a comfortable bed
then ensures they're ready to face the next day of treatment. I
want to thank the Jane Tomlinson Appeal on behalf of all the
families who will benefit from this generous donation, especially
the children whose hospital experience will be that much
easier."